Virgin Islands Housing Finance Authority (VIHFA)

St. Thomas VIHFA exec guilty of stealing $107,000 in public funds with ‘wood contract’

CHRISTIANSTED — After a two and half week-long trial, a federal jury in St. Croix found Darin Richardson, 56, of St. Thomas, guilty of federal and territorial charges relating to…

John McCarthy March 6, 2025

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Janitor who masterminded $4 million theft of HUD funds after storm granted leave by VIDE

FREDERIKSTED — A Department of Education maintenance man who masterminded a scheme to steal $4 million in federal disaster recovery funds has been granted leave by VIDE so he can…

John McCarthy June 14, 2024

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2 Education officials charged in $4 million HUD fraud scheme, feds say

CHRISTIANSTED — Two Virgin Islands Department of Education officials have been charged in a $4 million tax fraud scheme, authorities said. Department of Education Director of Maintenance, Davidson Charlemagne, 50,…

John McCarthy June 14, 2024

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Top Officer With VIHFA Nabbed For Sex Assault With St. Thomas Woman 2 Years Ago

CHRISTIANSTED — A top officer of the Virgin Islands Housing Finance Authority was arrested for a nearly two-year-old sexual assault of a St. Thomas woman in a St. Croix hotel,…

John McCarthy September 24, 2022

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FEMA Awards The Territory $233 Million To Pay STEP Program Contractors, Costs

CHRISTIANSTED — Governor Albert Bryan, Jr. said that the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has awarded the territory $232,919,518 in federal funding to use to cover costs of the Virgin…

VI Free Press December 30, 2019

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U.S. Virgin Islands’ BMV Signs Driver’s License Pact With Taiwan

CHARLOTTE AMALIE -- The U.S. Virgin Islands signed off on a reciprocal driver's license agreement with Taiwan on Thursday, according to the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office. The agreement, signed…

John McCarthy January 11, 2019

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North Carolina Man Thought Armed Hold-Up Was A Hoax … Never Left Bar Stool Until Shot

CHRISTIANSTED -- The North Carolina man who was killed at Castaway's Bar thought that the armed holdup was a put-on when it was happening in real time -- and he…

John McCarthy November 20, 2018

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Police Release Photos of Suspects Who Executed EHRVI Employee At Castaway’s

CHRISTIANSTED -- Police released photos taken from surveillance footage at an East End bar during the armed robbery that led to a visiting relief worker being shot multiple times. Eyewitnesses…

John McCarthy November 18, 2018

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CRY FOUL! ‘Emergency Home Repairs V.I. Broke Into My Home And Stole My Jewelry’

[ad name="HTML-68"] [wpedon id="23995" align="left"] CHRISTIANSTED -- A St. Croix woman is crying foul today after a crew from Emergency Home Repairs V.I. allegedly broke into her home rather than…

John McCarthy July 31, 2018